Gutierrezia

snakeweeds
matchweeds
Gutierrezia sarothrae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Astereae[1]
Genus: Gutierrezia
Lag.
Type species
Gutierrezia linearifolia
Lag.[2] (syn of G. sarothrae)[3]
Synonyms[1]
  • Brachyris Nutt.
  • Brachyachyris Spreng.
  • Greenella A.Gray
  • Odontocarpha Poepp. ex DC.
  • Hemiachyris DC.

Gutierrezia is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family. Plants of this genus are known generally as snakeweeds or matchweeds.[4][5][6][7][8][9]

These plants contain chemical compounds which can be toxic to livestock and some are considered weeds. They bear small yellow daisy-like flowers.[10]

Species[1][11][12][13]
  1. Gutierrezia alamanii - Chihuahua
  2. Gutierrezia argyrocarpa - Hidalgo
  3. Gutierrezia arizonica – Arizona snakeweed - Arizona, Sonora
  4. Gutierrezia baccharoides - Chile, Argentina
  5. Gutierrezia californica – San Joaquin snakeweed - California, Baja California, Arizona (Yavapai Co)
  6. Gutierrezia conoidea - Chihuahua, Durango, Jalisco, Zacatecas
  7. Gutierrezia dracunculoides - USA (from Arizona to Nebraska + Tennessee)
  8. Gutierrezia dunalii - Morelos, México State
  9. Gutierrezia espinosae - Chile
  10. Gutierrezia gayana - Chile
  11. Gutierrezia gilliesii - Argentina
  12. Gutierrezia grandis - Nuevo León, Coahuila
  13. Gutierrezia isernii - Argentina
  14. Gutierrezia mandonii - Argentina, Bolivia
  15. Gutierrezia microcephala – threadleaf snakeweed - southwestern USA, northern Mexico
  16. Gutierrezia neaeana - Chile
  17. Gutierrezia paniculata - Chile
  18. Gutierrezia petradoria – San Pedro snakeweed - Utah
  19. Gutierrezia pomariensis - Utah
  20. Gutierrezia pulviniformis - Argentina
  21. Gutierrezia ramulosa - Baja California
  22. Gutierrezia repens - Argentina
  23. Gutierrezia resinosa - Chile
  24. Gutierrezia sarothrae – broom snakeweed - western Canada, western + central USA, northern Mexico
  25. Gutierrezia sericocarpa - San Luis Potosí, Durango, Zacatecas, Guanajuato, Querétaro, Nayarit
  26. Gutierrezia serotina – late snakeweed - Arizona
  27. Gutierrezia solbrigii - Argentina
  28. Gutierrezia spathulata - Argentina
  29. Gutierrezia sphaerocephala – roundleaf snakeweed - USA (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas), northern Mexico
  30. Gutierrezia taltalensis - Chile
  31. Gutierrezia texana – Texas snakeweed - USA (New Mexico, Texas Oklahoma Louisiana Arkansas), Nuevo León
  32. Gutierrezia wrightii – Wright's snakeweed - USA (Arizona, New Mexico), Chihuahua, Durango, Sonora

References

  1. 1 2 3 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. Tropicos, Gutierrezia Lag.
  3. The Plant List, Gutierrezia linearifolia Lag.
  4. Lagasca y Segura, Mariano. 1816. Genera et species plantarum, quae aut novae sunt aut nondum recte cognoscuntur, Elench. Pl. 30
  5. Tropicos, Gutierrezia Lag.
  6. "Asteraceae of North America Update, database (version 2010.5.13)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  7. "Gutierrezia Lag. Taxonomic Hierarchy". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  8. "Classification for Kingdom Plantae Down to Genus Gutierrezia Lag.". United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  9. Lane, M. A. 1985. Taxonomy of Gutierrezia (Compositae: Astereae) in North America. Systematic Botany 10(1): 7–28
  10. Everitt, J.H.; Lonard, R.L.; Little, C.R. (2007). Weeds in South Texas and Northern Mexico. Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 0-89672-614-2.
  11. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
  12. CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, México D.F..
  13. The Plant List, search for Gutierrezia

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